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chance [a]
 
1)occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
    Synonyms :accidental casual 
    See Also: unplanned 
 
chance [n]
 
1)a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
    Synonyms :opportunity 
    See Also: possibility  brass_ring  day  clean_slate  audience  hunting_ground  occasion  opening  room  say  crack  street  throw 
 
2)an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"
    Synonyms :fortune hazard luck 
    See Also: phenomenon  guess  bad_luck  even_chance 
 
3)a risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: danger  adventure 
 
4)a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; "what is the probability of rain?"; "we have a good chance of winning"
    Synonyms :probability 
    See Also: amount  conditional_probability  cross_section  exceedance  fair_chance  fat_chance  joint_probability  risk  risk 
 
chance [v]
 
1)be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: come_about  happen 
 
2)take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
    Synonyms :adventure gamble hazard risk run_a_risk take_a_chance take_chances 
    See Also: assay  adventure  adventurer  adventurer  hazard  danger  gamble  gambler  go_for_broke  luck_it 
 
3)come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
    Synonyms :bump encounter find happen 
    See Also: encounter  discovery  discoverer 
 



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